League Leaders Daily Quiz

1951 MLB Strikeouts / 9 by Team

Every team's total, added up from its players' lines. Strikeouts per nine innings

The Brooklyn Dodgers led all of MLB in strikeouts / 9 in 1951, with 4.38, 0.01 ahead of the New York Yankees. The average across 16 MLB teams is 3.78.

Led all of MLB in 1951 Brooklyn Dodgers 158 games
4.38 Strikeouts / 9 0.01 clear of New York Yankees
# Team League G K/9
1 Brooklyn Dodgers NL 158 4.38
2 New York Yankees AL 154 4.37
3 Boston Red Sox AL 154 4.23
4 Cleveland Indians AL 155 4.15
5 New York Giants NL 157 3.98
6 Boston Braves NL 155 3.91
7 Detroit Tigers AL 154 3.88
MLB average 3.78
8 Cincinnati Reds NL 155 3.78
8 Pittsburgh Pirates NL 155 3.78
10 Philadelphia Phillies NL 154 3.70
11 Chicago White Sox AL 155 3.63
12 St. Louis Browns AL 154 3.61
13 St. Louis Cardinals NL 155 3.54
14 Chicago Cubs NL 155 3.53
15 Washington Senators AL 154 3.13
16 Philadelphia Athletics AL 154 2.90

A team's total is its players' numbers for the club added up, so a player traded mid-season counts for each team only what he did there. Rates such as ERA and batting average are worked out from the team's summed totals, not averaged across players.